WEBVTT ANNE SHANNON IS LIVE AT STATEPOLICE HEADQUARTERS.ANNE, GOOD MORNING.ANNE: THIS IS STILL CONSIDEREDAN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.TODAY, AUTOPSIES WILL BE DONE TODETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE ANDMANNER OF DEATH FOR THE THREEPEOPLE FOUND INSIDE THEIR HOME,YESTERDAY MORNING.THIS WOMAN, HER SON AND HERDAUGHTER WERE ALL FOUND DEADINSIDE THEIR STRASBURG TOWNSHIPHOME, YESTERDAY MORNING.ALL THREE HAD GUNSHOT WOUNDS ANDTHERE WAS A GUN FOUND NEXT TOTHE MOTHER.FIREFIGHT -- THEY WEREDISCOVERED BY FIREFIGHTERS THATRESPONDED TO A FIRE THAT WASINTENTIONALLY SET.THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS ITAPPEARS THE CHILDREN WERE SHOTWHILE THEY SLEPT.>> ALL MURDERS ARE BAD AND THEREARE SOME THAT ARE WORSE THANOTHERS.THESE WERE INNOCENT KIDS, THEIRLIVES TAKEN AWAY.IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TOFORGET.ANNE: ACCORDIG TO THE DISTRICTATTORNEY, THE WOMAN BOUGHT A GUNON MONDAY.THE AUTOPSIES WILL SHOW WHETHEROR NOT THAT WAS THE GUN USED TOKILL THE TWO CHILDREN.ACCORDING TO THE DA, THE HUSBANDWAS AT WORK AT THE TIME OF THISAND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE HE WASINVOLVED AT ALL.THERE WILL BE A VIGIL HELD INSTROSS -- AT STRASBURG MENNONITE

Autopsies will be performed on a mother and her two children after investigators say she killed them and herself inside their Pennsylvania home.

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Emergency responders were dispatched to a home in Strasburg, Lancaster County, about 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning for a report of a house fire. Upon arrival, they found a woman and two juveniles apparently deceased in a bedroom of the home.

Flames were extinguished in the home and in a detached garage.

The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office pronounced the three individuals dead at the scene. A dog in the home also was deceased.

Pennsylvania State Police determined the deceased woman to be Carola Arnau, 40, who resided at the home.

The juveniles were determined to be Arnau’s children – a 10-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy.

The three individuals, and the dog, all sustained gunshot wounds.

State police, in consultation with the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, are investigating the incident, and have interviewed individuals and collected evidence from the scene/area.

Evidence at the scene, including a firearm recovered by Arnau’s body, and numerous interviews with individuals close to the family, has shown the incident was domestic in nature.

Miguel Arnau, 45, the father of the two children and Mrs. Arnau’s husband, resides at the property, in the detached garage. The investigation revealed he was not home at the time of the shootings or when the fire was intentionally set.